New UN Women's head lays out 100-day action plan

On January 23, the head of the new United Nations agency promoting women’s rights and full participation in global affairs laid out a 100-day action plan, embracing a full spectrum of issues from supporting national partners to promoting coherence within the UN system. Michelle Bachelet, the Executive Director of UN Women,  told the first regular session of the agency’s executive board “Women’s strength, women’s industry, women’s wisdom are humankind’s greatest untapped resource.”   Bachelet, who is the former president of Chile, added that, “The challenge then for UN Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped in ways that benefit us all.”

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